photog.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A place for your photos and banter. Photog first is our motto Please refer to the site rules before posting.

Administered by:

Server stats:

264
active users

#LongCovid

132 posts97 participants34 posts today
ahimsa<p>I'm back! 😁</p><p>Next I'll share resources for people who have ME/CFS.</p><p>Because of an overlap in symptoms these resources may also help folks who have Long Covid, or who have some kind of orthostatic intolerance like POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) or NMH (Neurally Mediated Hypotension) - or both!</p><p>An umbrella term often used is IACC, Infection Associated Chronic Conditions.</p><p>7/n</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mecfs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mecfs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/longcovid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>longcovid</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MEcfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEcfs</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/POTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTS</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MillionsMissing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MillionsMissing</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Dysautonomia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dysautonomia</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MEAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEAwareness</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/WorldMEDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldMEDay</span></a></p>
Octavia Con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars: Succubard's Library<p>recently, I've had the horrifying but practical thought of "how do I stream (my only income) if I become bed-ridden", and...</p><p>aside from the rather practical thought that "ok, but there's not going to be anybody to take care of my other daily necessities and I have no clue how I'd physically survive", I'd need some kind of movable arm system that can handle the input/output devices while being able to get out of my way? :cat_think: </p><p>and then I realised that I have sound in/out + sound interfaces, mouse, keyboard, 3 monitors, a webcam, and the lighting necessary to make face-tracking anywhere near decent that all would need to be facilitated somehow :not_like_this: </p><p><a href="https://cutie.city/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/MECFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MECFS</span></a> <a href="https://cutie.city/tags/Vtuber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vtuber</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/longcovid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>longcovid</span></a></span></p>
ahimsa<p>Okay, taking a break for a while!</p><p>I'm resting to avoid PEM (post-exertional malaise) also called PESE (post-exertional symptom exacerbation)</p><p>Speaking of resting here's a link to the <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/StopRestPace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopRestPace</span></a> page by <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MEAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEAction</span></a> which was created a few years back to explain the importance of pacing and resting to new Long Covid patients:</p><p><a href="https://www.meaction.net/stoprestpace/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">meaction.net/stoprestpace/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>It has links to a few different pacing and management guides.</p><p>6/n</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mecfs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mecfs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/longcovid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>longcovid</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MEcfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEcfs</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MillionsMissing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MillionsMissing</span></a><br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MEAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEAwareness</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/WorldMEDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldMEDay</span></a></p>
ahimsa<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@ddp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ddp</span></a></span> Thanks for posting this video! ❤️</p><p>From the YouTube summary:</p><p>"It’s estimated 65,000 New Zealanders have the disease – with Long Covid driving ME rates 15 times higher than before the pandemic."</p><p>Another sad statistic showing that COVID is not over. 😔</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MEcfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEcfs</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsNotOver</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MEAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEAwareness</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/WorldMEDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldMEDay</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MyalgicEncephalomyelitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyalgicEncephalomyelitis</span></a></p>
Continued thread

If you learn nothing else from my thread today, please remember this:

Exercise is NOT recommended for people with ME/CFS!

Exercise is not good for anyone who has post-exertional malaise (PEM), sometimes called post-exertional symptom exacerbation (PESE), and that includes a significant portion of people with Long Covid.

This video has more info:

youtube.com/watch?v=wxSwYUennB

3/n

@mecfs @longcovid

#MEcfs#PwME#PEM

💙 It's May 12th, International ME/CFS Awareness Day 💙

My ME/CFS onset was in Jan 1990

🚨 Many recent ME/CFS cases have been triggered by COVID 🚨

In this thread I plan to post about 3 main things:

1. My ME/CFS story (briefly)

2. Helpful resources for patients and clinicians

3. Advocacy options for patients & allies (friends/family) - mostly US based

1/n

@mecfs @longcovid

Today is the #MillionsMissing protest at the Capitol building in DC, with chronically ill & #disabled people demanding that Congress save our support systems. I think there were plans to livestream it but I can't find any broadcasts.

meactions.org/millionsmissing2

Beth Mazur co-founded the Millions Missing protests in 2016. Here she is in our house in 2018. She died Dec. 21, 2023, and I miss her every day.

Chronisches Erschöpfungssyndrom: Mit Kunst das Leben zurückerobern

Das Leben mit ME/CFS ist von permanenter Erschöpfung geprägt. Manche Betroffene setzen ihre kostbare Energie ganz gezielt für Kunst ein und lernen so, ihren Alltag mit der Krankheit zu gestalten. Von Andrea Schwyzer.

➡️ tagesschau.de/kultur/mecfs-lon

#Kunst #Kultur #LongCovid #ME/CFS

tagesschau.de · Chronisches Erschöpfungssyndrom: Mit Kunst das Leben zurückerobernBy Andrea Schwyzer

Was schlecht für Menschen ist, ist am Ende auch schlecht für die heilige Wirtschaft, wer konnte das ahnen?

Können wir jetzt BITTE endlich ausreichend Forschungsförderung haben? Ich meine, wir wenden damit weiteren wirtschaftlichen Schaden ab, das ist doch das Wichtigste, hab ich in den letzten Jahren gelernt!

(Nein, es sollte das Kostenargument nicht brauchen, aber in dieser Welt leben wir nun mal.)

mecfs-research.org/costreport-

mecfs-research.orgRising Cost of Long COVID and ME/CFS – ME/CFS Research Foundation
Continued thread

If you want to do something to help, continue (or start!) masking in indoor public spaces.

Of course we would love better indoor air quality regulations, and more research into the condition. In the US, those things are not going to happen for a while. Masking protects you and your community! Many viruses can trigger ME/CFS, although covid is the most common trigger these days.

#LongCovid

Today is one of those days where I can't do anything really. I managed to get up in the morning for taking my meds (that's really important) and having breakfast.

After that I needed to go back to bed. I dozed and slept until now. I might be able to get up soon to brush my teeth & get cleaned up.

I've been off sick now for eight months. While the headaches are gone (through the meds), and the dizziness has become manageable, the fatigue and the brain fog are still strong.

1/2🧵

"Endlich liegen kompetent berechnete Zahlen der Folgekosten für Long Covid und ME/CFS vor!

Diese zeigen ganz klar: Die Mittel, die bisher in die Forschung zu Krankheitsmechanismen und kausalen Therapien flossen, sind bei weitem zu gering.

Angesichts der aktuellen Prognosen ist damit zu rechnen, dass nur ein geringer Teil der Betroffenen genesen wird. Die jährlichen Kosten werden daher weiter steigen." - Vorstand des Fatigatio e.V.

#MECFS #LongCovid

Mehr hier: mecfs-research.org/costreport-

Such an informative #LongCOVID ‘Questions and Answers’ presentation by Prof. Akiko Iwasaki, @virusesimmunity.bsky.social
It’s so important to recognise the airborne nature of this dreadful disease and its implications, for us all, particularly those most vulnerable.
youtube.com/watch?v=ilIOh4cZiN